Agenda for 11/1 - 11/8

Agenda for Biology 11/1 - 11/8

• Monday - 11/4 - Tiny Bubbles Lab Report

• Tuesday - 11/5 - Lab Report work - Mitosis overview (Chapter 10).....how do we use all that energy we created in cellular respiration? Part of it is used for cell division! - Lab Report DUE
• Wednesday - 11/6 - Mitosis Lecture (Chapter 10) - Chapter 10 Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 10 Section Assessments.
• Thursday - 11/7 - Mitosis activity
• Friday - 11/8 - Mitosis activity/Review  - Notebook Collection

  
This is what's due in the notebook: 

• Chapter 8 Vocabulary (13 terms) 
• Chapter 8 Section Assessments (1-5 p.203, 1-5 p. 207, 1-5 p.214)
• Chapter 9 Vocabulary (9 terms) 
• Chapter 9 Section Assessments (1-6 p. 225, 1-6 p.232)
• Tiny Bubbles Lab Report (if I checked it in your science notebook already and you didn't turn it in loose-leaf.)
• Chapter 10 Vocabulary (15 terms) 
• Chapter 10 Section Assessments (1-4 p.243, 1-6 p.249, 1-5 p.252)

Agenda for Anatomy Physiology 11/4/2013 - 11/8/2013

• Monday - 11/4 - Chapter 6 Test over SG#3  - Chapter 7 SG
• Tuesday - 11/5 - Chapter 7 - Nervous system Lecture - Organization of nervous system and S&F of nervous tissue.
• Wednesday - 11/6 - Chapter 7 - Continued. Chapter 7 SG Due 
• Thursday - 11/7 -  Review SG & Chapter 7
• Friday - 11/8 -  Chapter 7 Test.

Agenda for 10/28/2013 - 11/1/2013

Agenda for 10/28/2013 - 11/1/2013

• Monday 10/28/2013 - Cellular Respiration! We've talked about how autotrophs use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into high energy sugars and oxygen, now let's talk about how we break down that food to make ENERGY to fuel our bodies!!!
• Tuesday 10/29/2013 - More Cellular Respiration!! - Graphic Organizer
• Wednesday 10/30/2013 - Lab - Tiny Bubbles - Let's see cellular respiration in action! We'll hypothesize which sugars yeast will break down faster then test them in the lab.
• Thursday 10/31/2013 - Chapter 9 Vocabulary Quiz - Review Chapter 9
• Friday 11/1/2013 - Chapter 9 Test

Good luck on your tests on Thursday! Have a great extended weekend, and come back ready to respire!!

This Week...

Agenda for 10/20/2013-10/24/2013

• Monday (10/21) - Chapter 8 test - (100pts: multiple choice, short answer, essay). Chapter 9 Vocab. (14 terms)
• Tuesday (10/22) - Midterm test - (Please give your best effort on this.  There is a chance here to bring your grade up.  If you do poorly it will not hurt your grade.) Please bring something to work on in case you finish your test early!
• Wednesday (10/23) - Planet Earth - Plants!
• Thursday (10/24) - Testing day (1/2 day of school).

I saw LOTS of you out and about for the Donut Dash today, nice work! It was a wonderful event for an even better cause, thank you for taking part!  Hopefully none of you are looking at this right now because you are studying so diligently for your Chapter 8 test tomorrow. See you then!

Study Guide for Chapter 8

Hi all,
The study guide for Chapter 8 is complete, and I saved it correctly this time (yay me!) You can find it here on Mr. Johns' website, http://www.herrinhs.org/Teachers/EricJohns/Biology.htm
It's under Chapter 8 Test Review.

Take a look at it, so you will know what to expect and how best to answer all of these pressing questions about photosynthesis!

**This is NOT my back**

Change in plans...

I made a bit of a colossal mistake yesterday and the study guide I had been working on for you all got lost in a different dimension.  As a result the chapter 8 test will be moved back to Monday, October 21st. This will give you a little more time to study the material.  So, the agenda for the rest of the week looks like this:

• Thursday (10/17) - Conducting experiments on rates of photosynthesis.
• Friday (10/18) - Lab Reports on experiments - Review for Chapter 8 test.
• Monday (10/21) - Chapter 8 test - (100pts: multiple choice, short answer, essay). Chapter 9 Vocab. (14 terms)
• Tuesday (10/22) - Midterm test - (Please give your best effort on this.  There is a chance here to bring your grade up.  If you do poorly it will not hurt your grade.)
• Wednesday (10/23) - Chapter 9 - Respiration
• Thursday (10/24) - Testing day (1/2 day of school).

I know most of you are feeling something like this right now...

but take the extra time and study the material.  Maybe even go outside and think about how plants help you!

Agenda for 10/15-10/19

Agenda for 10/15 - 10/19

• Tuesday - 10/15 - Chapter 8 - Photosynthesis - Discussion on light dependent and light-independent reactions, and factors that affect photosynthesis.
• Wednesday - 10/16 - Chapter 8 Vocabulary Quiz - Brainstorming ideas on photosynthesis experimental design using leaf discs.
• Thursday - 10/17 - Experimental Design using leaf discs - make sure you bring in any special materials you will need to test your hypothesis.
• Friday - 10/18 - Chapter 8 test - Short answer, essay, multiple choice. (100pts)  

Paper Chromatography example

If you lost your paper chromatography paper, or if it was unreadable, use the example below for your lab assignment that is due Tuesday, October 15th.

For Strip A:

• Solvent front: 7.2cm
• Orange pigment (Carotene): 6.8cm
• Yellow pigment (Xanthophyll): 5.5cm  
• Dark Green pigment (Chlorophyll b): 6.3cm   

For Strip B:

• Solvent front: 8.5cm
• Yellow pigment (Xanthophyll): 4.4cm
• Dark Green (Chlorophyll b):6cm
• Orange (Carotene): 6.4cm
• Light Green (Chlorophyll a): 6.7cm

Calculate the Rf factor for one of these strips.  Be ready to turn your lab in on Tuesday morning.  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend and exploring nature a bit!

Paper Chromatography....pigments are for real!

Paper Chromatography:
We ran the paper chromatography lab today, and some of our results are varied.  At least one of the chlorophyll pigments should have dropped out on the paper, and some of you had some xanthophyll pigment (yellow), and carotene (orange). Your chromatography paper should look something like this:

From here you will calculate the Rf values for each of your pigments. Starting at the 1.5cm line, the distance each pigment traveled before it dropped out.  For example, in the picture above, the top line indicates the solvent front (the total distance the solvent traveled). You will measure the distance to where you see the pigment.

Labs are due on Friday (10/11/2013).

Welcome to my blog!!

Hi all!
I've started a blog for everyone to be able to access the agenda for class, and to keep track of what we have done and what we plan to do.  I will also use this for extraneous information that supplements the content that we have been working on in the classroom.  Assignments will be in blue. Due assignments will be noted with yellow highlighter. I hope you enjoy and use the information that I will post on here.....happy science-ing! :)

Agenda for this week (10/7/2013-10/11/2013):  

 http://prezi.com/p2g1iplayau2/energy-and-life/

• 10/7/2013 - Diffusion and Osmosis Review -  Remember, in osmosis, water always travels towards the HYPERTONIC solution!!!
• 10/8/2013 - Photosynthesis Mini-Lab/Introduction to Photosynthesis - Witnessing photosynthesis by placing "sunk" spinach discs in a bicarbonate solution and applying light. What happened? How did they figure it out? Why does it matter? What really happens during photosynthesis??Section Assessments Chapter 8: p.203(5Q), p.207(5Q), p.213(5Q). Chapter 8 Vocabulary (13terms) Due.
• 10/9/2013 - Photosynthesis - Getting Into the Details - How does light affects photosynthesis? What pigments are found in plants? What are they responsible for? How is the chloroplast designed to facilitate this process? Paper Chromatography Lab Handed out.
• 10/10/2013 - Paper Chromatography Lab - Bring a GREEN LEAF, a pencil, and your lab. Extract the different pigments that we've learned about out of a leaf and discuss their important role in photosynthesis.
• 10/11/2013 - Movie: The Unkown World - Exploring the world we can't see...bacteria, viruses, protists, etc. A nice supplement to all the information we learned about cells, their structures, and how they function differently in different organisms. Paper Chromatography Lab Due.

 Thank an Autotroph!!!